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mameluke Oct 2nd 2011, 16:24 Noun: ← Older revision Revision as of 16:24, 2 October 2011 Line 16: Line 16: # A member of a military [[regime]] created and run originally by freed white slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516. # A member of a military [[regime]] created and run originally by freed white slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516. #* '''1603''', John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, ''Essays'', I.48: #* '''1603''', John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, ''Essays'', I.48: - #*: The '''Mammalukes''' boast, that they have the nimblest and readiest horses of any men at armes in the world. + #*: The '''Mammalukes''' boast, that they have the nimblest and readiest horses of any men at armes in the world.   + #*'''2009''', {{w|Diarmaid MacCulloch}}, ''A History of Christianity'', Penguin 2010, p. 278:   + #*:The '''Mamluks''', who seized power in Egypt in 1250, were a caste of men captured for military service, so they drew their identity from their defence of Islam against its enemies. # {{obsolete}} A [[slave]] (especially white) in a Muslim country. # {{obsolete}} A [[slave]] (especially white) in a Muslim country. #* '''1888''', Richard F. Burton, ''The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'', Night 1: #* '''1888''', Richard F. Burton, ''The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'', Night 1:

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